Mon Jan 22 23:30:10
I've been listening to a lot of Montreal and Toronto rap by virtue of it being played by my friends constantly.

Generally speaking, I think the music production is decent but the french stuff is shit cause its french and the Toronto stuff is really hit or miss, but mostly miss.

Chicago not really my jam either, but it is the funniest thing to watch on YouTube. Every other song is dedicated to/in memory of a rapper you just listened to cause they drop like flies. The fact my friend can point out which of the others in the videos are dead too adds to the hilarity, because I honestly am amazed. But generally not the greatest music. Some's alright though.

BUT

I was just introduced to English rappers from Montreal, and they are actually not bad at all. Not amazing or anything but really more on the good side than the bad. Very surprised. I know some people my age who are doing the rap thing and they're either garbage or alright, about on par with the older ones I've just discovered (who are mostly all still doing it). Older ones do seem generally better though.

Montreal English rap has a pretty strange and diverse style... or maybe it hasn't got one at all, and they just imitate many things well. Thats probably it. Although in general you get a more 90s west coast/NYC mix from the older ones? And I guess the newer ones are Chirac/NYC? idk.

Fri Feb 16 20:17:53
This again :p
Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lcZ0redg1s
♫ Say... say my name
I need a little love to ease the pain
I need a little love to ease the pain
It's easy to remember when it came ♫

listened to his best of album this week, the dude had some good songs in the 80s :)

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Tue Mar 06 22:23:00
He's touring this summer! In April it's mostly just the Southeast (Biloxi, Jacksonville, Atlanta, West Palm Beach, and Concord), but in May he goes to Cally before going on the international leg.

The outcome of a new study has suggested that regularly going to gigs can actually help you live longer.

The report, which was conducted by O2 and Goldsmith’s University Associate Lecturer Patrick Fagan (who specialises in behavioural science), has come up with the surprising findings.

According to the study, experiencing a gig for just 20 minutes can result in a 21% increase in feelings of well-being. Further research found a direct link between “high levels of well-being [and] a lifespan increase of nine years”, therefore suggesting that being exposed to live music could help you live longer.
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Tue Apr 03 15:43:38
"The outcome of a new study has suggested that regularly going to gigs can actually help you live longer."

I'm not about to read that report, but on the surface it's consistent with Mikhail Bakhtin's "carnivalesque".. I've heard yuppies talk about how listening to their iPod/iPhone playlists is a better quality experience than going to concerts, but those people are weak and sheltered and waiting fearfully for a pathetic death at the sensors of a convenient robo-car that did not in time detect their voluntarily worn fluorescent QR Code arm bands whose patterns translate to the robot cerebrum as "human". Going to live shows is a wondrous way to invite chaos into one's heart, and "one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star". The chaotic, grotesque, smelly, sweaty, vomit- and beer-sticky floors of an actual concert hall can remind you of how shit-filled and fucked up we are — destined to self destruct.

Tue May 01 22:06:34
Meatloaf — I Would Do Anything for Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srEe6K34DVo
♫ Some days I pray for silence,
Some days I pray for soul,
Some days I just pray to the god of
Sex and drums and rock 'n' roll!! ♫

Mon Jun 11 22:33:48
Forgot to mention: SubRosa was on tour with "Sleep", but the two were only together for the first part of Sleep's tour.. so the "June/July/August Tour" was all of Sleep's tour (no Subrosa) :(